Denis Shapovalov and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PISTA ANDRES GIMENO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.222
Jozef Kovalik -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-16 | 3-5 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 8-6 | 5-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, the Canadian will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Fritz in the 3rd round on the 26th of March.
Shapovalov has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Talking about his overall career, The Canadian has an overall 269-176 record. He has a positive 67-36 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-14 | 3-4 | 24-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 2-3 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after defeating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2, Pol Martin Tiffon 6-3 5-7 6-2 and Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian defeated Martinez Portero (7-5 2-6 7-5).During the match Kovalik scored less points (1) than Martinez Portero. In fact, the world no. 28 won 98 points vs Martinez Portero’s. That means that Kovalik was more focused during the important points. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 59% of his first serves in, winning 54% (34/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Martinez Portero 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
The Slovakian has an aggregate 7-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Casper RuudRuud – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction